President of the Association of General and Private Medical
Practitioners of Nigeria, AGPMPN, Iyke Odo, has called on the striking
workers, under the aegis of the Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU, to
return to work.
He lamented that all professional care givers have been shortchanged by the Nigerian system through poor pay packages.
Odo, who spoke in Asaba during this year’s World Family Doctors’ Day
celebration, said, “All over the world, doctors’ pay are significantly
ahead, with the rest of the health team having their pay derived
relative to those of doctors.
“The time has come for us to embrace this common truth for the sanity
of the health sector. JOHESU should be willing to demand for a
realistic remuneration for its members that will predicate on a more
realistic pay for doctors but certainly not parity.
“I share the pains and agony of our team mates in the health sector
to the extent that the very poor remunerations to health care
professionals in the country generally allows. The system has
shortchanged all of us.
“It will be very credible and laudable and understandable to call for
better conditions of service but the call for parity with doctors is
not only over ambitious but a travesty of normality.”
JOHESU
“They are the longest serving and the longest staying doctors in the
live of people. This group of doctors welcome people into the world and
guide them out of it when the time comes. They are the cradle to the
grave doctors. They provide comprehensive and continuous care for all.
They are the leaders of the medical team”
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